I’m burnt out on bad news, which is unfortunate because there’s still another eight days left in the month of September. While I’m not usually the type to place blame on the calendar for much of anything, this month’s been marred by a great deal of misfortune. The universe is throwing rocks directly at my …
Category Archives: Introspection on Blast
Road trips not taken
It’s summer and the open road is alluring. I’m not going to be answering its call, but the idea of booking it for a few days has me daydreaming. The last month has involved a lot of mentions of places we should be road tripping to. Talk of music festivals in Texas, varying far off …
The Anti-Hope Manifesto
Lately, it seems the books I’ve been reading that are trying to encapsulate what it’s like to be young are really just telling me it’s okay fail at life… to be let down by your dream of a big city and the opportunities all these movies and books and professionally rewritten stories of successful people …
I can’t force it
I think about a lot of sad things. Last summer a friend told me it’s tied to the fact that most of what I listen to would be classified as “sad music”. I guess I feel like there’s a time and a place for happy music–and I don’t listen to it unless I’m already in …
Safe in the steep cliffs
Driving home this morning, this song came on my iPod’s shuffle. I don’t remember downloading it or ever having heard it before, but it was perfect for riding in a car by myself. I felt like I was in a movie; there was a wordless soundtrack in the background to perfectly ‘narrate’ my trip home, …
Always the long way
I think most people I knew growing up played house, simulating their small perception of what an adult’s life consisted of. Someone stayed home to cook & look after the house, someone left the immediate area to ‘go to work’, and the smallest neighborhood kid would get suckered into playing the baby. Now at 24, …
Get wrecked
I am weary–my bones and joints hurt. Over half the keys on my laptop are mysteriously broken. Thanks for the quality product Toshiba, really. Everything about myself is making me restless and giving me anxiety. The things that typically help bring me down to the level where everything is manageable just aren’t working. I’ll pick …